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11.02.03 V0.1.1 released.

10.09.02 V0.1.0 released.

12.05.02 V0.0.4 released.

18.11.01 V0.0.3 released.

12.11.01 Magazin-42 #6 comes with a german article about `ezV24'. This includes a Qt sample application.

9.11.01 internal port to cygwin is up an running.

Welcome to the `ezV24'

This is the first full featured release of the `ezV24' library. The goal of this library is to provide an easy to use programming interface to the serial ports of the Linux system. This release comes with some support for the CYGWIN toolchain. Due to the great work of the cygwin folks, only minimal changes are needed. I know that the cygwin-stuff of `ezV24' isn't the final stuff, but it's a first step and it works.

Download

To download the latest releases, just visit the project page!

Don't forget, this release is a beta release! This is mainly because I want to add some more features before a final release. One of these things is a real mingw-port for the native Windoze API.

For me and for some other users, the state of the library is stable enough to use it in production environments. Nevertheless it is your risk (and decision) to use it. ;-)

What comes next?

I would like to rewrite the windows code to get rid of the cygwin dll. Therefore I have to use the plain windows api. Another important thing is to add support for the GNU autotools. If this is up and running, I will support building debian packages.

Installation

To install the library, just unpack the archive and execute the following steps:

compile the library by typing `make'. The result should be a executable shared library named `libezV24.so.*'.
become root and install the library and the header files. This call will update you ldd-cache too!

su make install exit

Some systems don't use /usr/local/lib as possible path for libraries. In this case, you should add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf before calling `make install'!



	      
		Now you have the `ezV24'-library installed. The last
		(optional) step is to compile the sample program.
		
		make test-v24 
		
		The result is a small executable `test-v24'. At the time
		being, there is no real documentation. Just have a look into
		the source code.




	    Usage

	    The library comes with some documentation in html format. This
	    documents are generated from the sources using DOC++. Nevertheless, the
	    manual available online too.
	    


	    A small history

	    
	      0.1.1
	      This is mainly a bug fix release. non blocking
		    reads should now work as expected. The v24CountPorts()
		    bug is fixed too.
	      0.1.0
	      This is the first full-featured release. All functions are
		implemented and all known bugs are fixed.
	      
	      0.0.4
	      This is mainly bug-fix release. v24Gets() had a serious
		bug. buildLockName() had a bug preventing the creation of a
		lock file. There are two new functions added.
	      0.0.3
	      Two bugs are fixed. The first support for Windows is
		done. The Makefile builds a static library too.
	      0.0.2
	      Add the documentation to the sources and the tarball.
	      0.0.1
	      The first release to some testers.

Joerg Desch, 10.9.2002